Bearcats from the 70s

Today I received an email that reminded me I haven’t posted any great old television memories in a while. This one certainly certainly hit the mark dead-on.

Just discovered your blog site and memories. I wanted to know if you remember a show from the early 70’s called,”the Bearcats” it was a turn of the centruy western about two trouble shooters working for the goverment that used a stutz bearcat to travel around on. They could take off the tires and place it on the train rails and travel from town to town just by pressing down on the accelerator and folowwing the rails. It starred Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole. It had a pilot movie called Powerkeg! which led to the series which lasted only one season. but it was great.

I darn well do remember that show (and thanks for the email!) It was during a time when I was totally into westerns and the concept was similar to having a machine gun in Camelot. The show followed on a pair of ex-soldiers in the early 1900s. It starred Rod Tayler as Hank Brackett and Dennis Cole as his partner Johnny Reach. Together they helped people out as “troubleshooters” and their fee was a signed blank check.

The great thing about this show was due to the time period it was set in, they could use technology without getting too corny like The Wild, Wild West. They had machine guns, airplanes and of course, the Stutz Bearcat car.

There’s not much around about this old show and I wasn’t able to find any video clips. It’s probably because this series only lasted a single season and then lost the ratings war. I did find a couple interesting sites. Enjoy!

The Complete Rod Taylor Site

George Barris Kustom industries (King of custom cars like the original Batmobile, Green Hornet’s car, the Beverly Hillbillies and so on.)

You can also check out some of the other memories posts of great Old Television Shows if you like.

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